According to a new survey by Royal LePage, more than half of baby-boomer survey respondents found big cities unaffordable for their planned retirement and were considering moving and downsizing from the family home.

The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC) recently announced that they will be making changes to their self-employed borrower criteria starting October 1, 2018. Although they have not set out clear outlines, the changes are meant to positively impact the roughly 15% of Canadians that make up the self-employed workforce.